Part of the dynamic reading programme Project X, this book is truly boy-friendly. Project X is a reading programme that has been developed based on research into what will really hook boys into reading and make them love books. Project X includes fiction and non-fiction, exciting adventure stories, lots of gadgets, and 21st-century illustrations. Each book comes with notes for parent/teaching assistants that highlight tricky words or concepts in the books, prompt questions and suggest a range of follow-up activities.
This book features in the following series: Project X Guided Reading, Project X Origins .
This book is aimed at children in primary school. This book is part of a reading scheme, meaning that it is a book aimed at children who are learning to read. This reading scheme has multiple levels.
There are 64 pages in this book. This book was published 2009 by Oxford University Press .
Paul Shipton is an award-winning children's author. He published his first children's book in 1991, (Zargon Zoo). He lives and works in Wisconsin, USA.
This book contains the following story:
Journey to the Centre of the Earth
When Axel deciphers an old parchment that describes a secret passage through a volcano to the centre of the earth, nothing will stop his eccentric Uncle Lidenbrock from setting out at once. So, with silent Hans the guide, the two men embark on a perilous, astonishing, terrifying journey through the subterranean world.
This book is in the following series:
Project X Origins
Project X Guided Reading
Project X is a reading programme that has been developed based on research into what will really hook boys into reading and make them love books. It includes fiction and non-fiction, exciting adventure stories, lots of gadgets, and 21st-century illustrations.Project X Origins reading resources are designed to develop children's comprehension skills, so that they are on a par with their word recognition skills. The scheme is carefully levelled and linked to the book band scheme, and includes both fiction and non fiction titles. The large number of books helps children progress from decoding to richer reading and comprehension. The software offers audio-visual versions of a selection of books to provide models of fluent expressive reading.